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Trump lawyer calls indictment an 'attack on free speech and political advocacy.' Follow live updates

Donald Trump’s attorney John Lauro is calling the latest indictment of the former president “an attack on free speech and political advocacy.” WASHINGTON -- Follow along for live updates on the Justice Department's indictment of former President Donald Trump over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The charges focus on schemes by Trump and his allies to subvert the transfer of power and keep him in office despite his loss to Joe Biden. ___ WHAT TO KNOW — Trump has now been indicted for the third time. Here’s where all the investigations stand — Trump also was indicted in June on charges that he illegally hoarded classified documents — Mar-a-Lago's property manager is the latest Trump staffer ensnared in his legal turmoil — Special counsel Jack Smith has a long career of confronting corruption ___ Trump lawyer calls indictment an “attack on free speech and political advocacy” Donald Trump’s attorney John Lauro called the latest indictment of t...

Mississippi civil rights lawyer arrested filming traffic stop, attorney says

A Mississippi civil rights lawyer has been arrested while filming a traffic stop conducted by officers from a police department she is suing in federal court JACKSON, Miss. -- A Mississippi civil rights lawyer was arrested Saturday after filming a traffic stop conducted by officers from a police department she is suing in federal court, her attorney says. Jill Collen Jefferson is the president of JULIAN, the civil rights organization that filed a federal lawsuit last year against the Lexington Police Department on behalf of a group of city residents. Michael Carr, Jefferson's attorney, told The Associated Press she was arrested late Saturday evening after she filmed officers after they pulled someone over. The Lexington Police Department did not immediately respond to request for comment in voicemails and phone calls. Jefferson was arrested nine days after Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division traveled to Lexingto...